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Families' experience of oncogenetic counselling: accounts from a heterogeneous hereditary cancer risk population.

Familial cancer - 1 Jun 2012

Mendes Álvaro, Sousa Liliana

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This paper reports the results of semi-structured family interviews conducted with a purposive sample of nine families (comprising 50 individuals) involved in cancer genetic counselling at a Portuguese public hospital. Qualitative analysis resulted in thematic categories illustrating: (1) how families go through cancer genetic counselling (eliciting risk awareness, the motivators, risk management, the...

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PMID: 22367452
DOI: 10.1007/s10689-012-9514-x

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